Kjm18
Well-Known Member
I'm about to do the same install. Did you need anything other than the bumper and the skid plate to install the steel bumper?Those parts are definitely needed for the rear part of the bracket. (Those also the other parts that are contained in of 82215183AB.)
I think that there is a pair of additional brackets that are needed to attach in the front.
I have a JT Rubicon that came from the factory with a plastic bumper and the optional steel skid plate. I recently replaced it with the steel bumper and needed to get a different (compatible) skid plate.
This weekend, I'm going to take the new skid plate off and see if I can pull these brackets off. (I didn't attach anything to them when installing the new skid plate. I talked to a dealer parts person and a service tech. They thought that the brackets shouldn't be needed for anything else.
Maybe someone else knows for sure???
Here are three photos:
1. Front view of Gladiator with the bumper off. The red box shows the bracket in question.
2. A comparison of the two skid plates. The one that works with the steel bumper on the top and the one for the factory skid plate is the bottom. Both are oriented in the same direction: JT front toward the bottom. Here you can see the difference... I put a red box around the spot where the bracket is used to attach this skid plate. (The rear mount point is the same for both skid plates... See the blue circle.
3. An (extreme) close-up of the The face of the bracket is in the upper part of the picture
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